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Today's Topics:

1. [USN-1522-1] QEMU vulnerability (Marc Deslauriers)


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Message: 1
Date: Thu, 02 Aug 2012 08:22:49 -0400
From: Marc Deslauriers <marc.deslauriers@canonical.com>
To: ubuntu-security-announce@lists.ubuntu.com
Subject: [USN-1522-1] QEMU vulnerability
Message-ID: <1343910169.32192.164.camel@mdlinux>
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Ubuntu Security Notice USN-1522-1
August 02, 2012

qemu-kvm vulnerability
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A security issue affects these releases of Ubuntu and its derivatives:

- Ubuntu 12.04 LTS
- Ubuntu 11.10
- Ubuntu 11.04
- Ubuntu 10.04 LTS

Summary:

QEMU could be made to overwrite files as the administrator, or expose
sensitive information.

Software Description:
- qemu-kvm: Machine emulator and virtualizer

Details:

It was discovered that QEMU incorrectly handled temporary files when
creating a snapshot. A local attacker could use this flaw to possibly
overwrite files with root privilege, or obtain sensitive information from
the guest.

Update instructions:

The problem can be corrected by updating your system to the following
package versions:

Ubuntu 12.04 LTS:
qemu-kvm 1.0+noroms-0ubuntu14.1

Ubuntu 11.10:
qemu-kvm 0.14.1+noroms-0ubuntu6.4

Ubuntu 11.04:
qemu-kvm 0.14.0+noroms-0ubuntu4.6

Ubuntu 10.04 LTS:
qemu-kvm 0.12.3+noroms-0ubuntu9.19

In general, a standard system update will make all the necessary changes.

References:
http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/usn-1522-1
CVE-2012-2652

Package Information:
https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/qemu-kvm/1.0+noroms-0ubuntu14.1
https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/qemu-kvm/0.14.1+noroms-0ubuntu6.4
https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/qemu-kvm/0.14.0+noroms-0ubuntu4.6
https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/qemu-kvm/0.12.3+noroms-0ubuntu9.19


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